so I would just start this stordaemon and let run for xx amount of time and then show would print to screen output of collection??

Thanks much!!!

we have to pay for stp data collection..., for the job i can ran as batch through our scheduling or in cron, our scheduling only allows for 1 time every 15 minutes, so may need to run the symstat for longer like 300s at a time.

AFAIK, you should be able to collect STP data with any host that has the base solutions enabler on it.

stordaemon start storstpd

stordaemon show storstpd

Wouldn't that

symstat -i 60 c 5 sid xxx -dev $i

command have to be run in the background?

Better off just running everthing then filtering later, IMHO.

Or how about just collecting STP data instead?

It is a bit more complicated than that.

You have to look at the collection options first, and make changes using

stordaemon setoption storstpd -name =

Then shutdown and restart the daemon

stordaemon shutdown storstpd

stordaemon start storstpd

Then let it run for as long as you need and then shutdown again before you look at the ttp.gz file.

The best way to look at the ttp file is with performance viewer that comes with ECC.  Otherwize the ttp is a text file you could find some way to parse through.

got it thanks. I'll explore this since I do use the perf analyzer for btp files...i need to do some reading on this, thanks!

wouldn't it be simpler to put those devices in a device group and run symstat against it.